Brentford 3-1 Stoke City: result and report
Championship · Saturday 12 January 2019
Result
Brentford 3-1 Stoke City
Championship · Saturday 12 January 2019, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-1
Brentford 3-1 Stoke City: match report
Brentford beat Stoke City 3-1 in the Championship on Saturday 12 January 2019. It was 2-1 at half-time.
Brentford's goals came from an own goal by Ryan Shawcross (7'), Saïd Benrahma (17') and Rico Henry (54'). Stoke City scored through Benik Afobe (23').
Discipline: Brentford received no yellow cards; Stoke City received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Brentford were 18th on 28 points from 26 and Stoke City 14th on 35 points from 26. Brentford went on to finish that season 11th with 64 points, and Stoke City 17th with 55.
Brentford lined up in a 3-4-3 and Stoke City in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to R. Sawyers of Brentford (7.8), ahead of Islom Ismoilov (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Brentford wins, 1 draw and 0 for Stoke City.
Going into the match Brentford's last five read D-D-D-W-L and Stoke City's L-D-L-W-D.
Key events
- 7'Own goal · Ryan Shawcross
- 11'Yellow card · Tom Edwards
- 17'Goal · Saïd Benrahma
- 23'Goal · Benik Afobe
- 54'Goal · Rico Henry
- 82'Yellow card · Joe Allen
Head-to-head
Team news
Brentford line-up (3-4-3)
Daniel Bentley, Ezri Konsa, J. Jeanvier, Yoann Barbet, Henrik Dalsgaard, Islom Ismoilov, R. Sawyers, Rico Henry, Ollie Watkins, Neal Maupay, Saïd Benrahma
Stoke City line-up (4-3-1-2)
Jack Butland, Tom Edwards, Ryan Shawcross, Ashley Williams, Erik Pieters, Joe Allen, Ryan Woods, Sam Clucas, Tom Ince, Daniel Schütz, Benik Afobe